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john boehner is dealing tw two tensions. he's trying to explain to his conference they have to increase leverage. they don't want to see a middle class tax hike as a result of them standing firm on all the brackets and then us going over the cliff and them being blamed. a political fight that would bruise them through 2013 and into '14, the year they want to pick up a majority in the senate and consolidate their majority in the house and look to the white house in 2016. so he's trying to convince them of the longer view while dealing with the fact many of them are extremely frustrated. they don't believe obama has a mandate, and they want to -- you know, they're spoiling for a fight. he's trying to work through thanksgiving. we're going to see any meat on this bone until after thanksgiving. everyone will take a time to sort of lick their wounds, and then he's hoping the leadership is hoping they can convince the conference to get this off of the table so there's no longer government on the brink and an emergency all the time
john boehner is dealing tw two tensions. he's trying to explain to his conference they have to increase leverage. they don't want to see a middle class tax hike as a result of them standing firm on all the brackets and then us going over the cliff and them being blamed. a political fight that would bruise them through 2013 and into '14, the year they want to pick up a majority in the senate and consolidate their majority in the house and look to the white house in 2016. so he's trying to...
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house speaker john boehner delivered the first floor, promising the house will undo the january 20th rule. >> if the president does not reverse the department's attack on religious free done, then the congress acting on behalf of the america peep and the constitution that we're sworn to uphold and defend, must. this attack by the federal government on religious freedom in our country plus not stand, and will not stand. >> by midday the fight had moved to the senate side with republicans throwing punches and democrats responding. >> this is not a women's rights issue. this is a religious liberty issue. >> women in this country are tired of being treated like a political football by republicans in congress. >> this has nothing to do with contraception. it's whether the federal government should they have to pay for something they teach their members shouldn't be doing. >> we have news for republicans. this is about contraception. the tax on women's rights never come without being disguyed as something else. >> some democrats are breaking ranks white house press secretary jay carney spe
house speaker john boehner delivered the first floor, promising the house will undo the january 20th rule. >> if the president does not reverse the department's attack on religious free done, then the congress acting on behalf of the america peep and the constitution that we're sworn to uphold and defend, must. this attack by the federal government on religious freedom in our country plus not stand, and will not stand. >> by midday the fight had moved to the senate side with...
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so i think boehner probably is willing to make a deal. i don't know how far he would reach. >> you also -- boehner and the president had a deal allegedly for $800 billion in new revenue. the question when you're talking about boehner, and ann is right, can he bring along eric cantor and the tea partiers. that's always an open question. >> i was clear when i did that book "showdown" that you were so generous to -- >> it's an excellent book. >> that jared is right. that there was a deal, and that, indeed, if john boehner was left to his own devices and own set of golf clubs, he would have said, yes. but the moderates in his own party came to him and said, you can't sign this because eric cantor is ready to lead the tea party in rebellion with you. the real question isn't just are there the parameters for a deal. is there a deal that john boehner can make -- >> and sell to his caucus. >> and remain speaker. you have to look at some of the republicans in the senate who signed up with the gang of six plan and whether they can now act like the
so i think boehner probably is willing to make a deal. i don't know how far he would reach. >> you also -- boehner and the president had a deal allegedly for $800 billion in new revenue. the question when you're talking about boehner, and ann is right, can he bring along eric cantor and the tea partiers. that's always an open question. >> i was clear when i did that book "showdown" that you were so generous to -- >> it's an excellent book. >> that jared is...
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next, i love the '90s and why boehner and the boys should, too. stay with us. >> several states want to secede from the united states. >> leave the union. >> because 69 results of the election. it's so strange because i had many of those states on a list of states i would like to secede from the united states. i had proposed a bill to the congress. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] pop in a whole new kind of clean. with tide pods. a powerful three-in-one detergent that cleans. brightens. and fights stains just one removes more stains than the 6 next leading pacs combined pop in. stand out. without freshly-made pasta. you could also cut corners by making it without 100% real cheddar cheese. but then...it wouldn't be stouffer's mac & cheese. just one of over 70 satisfying recipes for one from stouffer's. constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips' caplets don't. they have magnesium. for effective relief of occasional constipation. thanks. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. >>> the challenge facing
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i was there, i saw this man present a big and very important budget deal to john boehner, a $4 trillion deficit reduction and boehner said yes, and then at the last minute after he checked with his tea party he walked away. i served with barack obama in the senate. he has friends across the aisle, he reaches across the aisle, but when you have a majority leader named mitch mcconnell who said his highest priority is seeing this man become a one-term president, i don't know what they expect barack obama to do. he cannot wave a magic wand if that's the attitude. and the other thing is, mitt romney doesn't tell people which i'm going to tell them with your permission, that -- >> please go ahead. >> thank you. there were more private sector jobs created under barack obama in the last three months new private sector jobs than george w. bush over eight years. we were bleeding 800,000 jobs a month when our president took the oath. the deficits were soaring and he had two wars on the credit card, osama bin laden was running loose, detroit was about to go under. mitt romney said let detroit go ba
i was there, i saw this man present a big and very important budget deal to john boehner, a $4 trillion deficit reduction and boehner said yes, and then at the last minute after he checked with his tea party he walked away. i served with barack obama in the senate. he has friends across the aisle, he reaches across the aisle, but when you have a majority leader named mitch mcconnell who said his highest priority is seeing this man become a one-term president, i don't know what they expect...
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a lot going on today including house speaker john boehner again accusing president obama for devaluing his office with tactics. they cl nerdr whet e gstoth tisen t psintel ke isgrat tbe heh evi t gne bit later in the show. first, let's get to the news. live at 5:30 a.m. here at "30 rock" in new york city. former president, bill clinton is back out on the campaign trail and really emerging as one of the president obama's strongest advocates heading into the general election. appearing at a fundraiser with the president last night, clinton slammed mitt romney's economic outlook as a throw back to the failed policies of the past. without mentioning romney by name, clinton railed against a republican opponent who, quote, basically wants to do what they did before on steroids which will get you the same consequencesou got before on steroids. thjotparcewashe fitftheuraerth ede omandrede inn lleainoghe ttg adethtt onhe8at donors while the former president helps fine tune the party message. it's a relationship put on display last week when clinton was featured in a campaign web video taughting
a lot going on today including house speaker john boehner again accusing president obama for devaluing his office with tactics. they cl nerdr whet e gstoth tisen t psintel ke isgrat tbe heh evi t gne bit later in the show. first, let's get to the news. live at 5:30 a.m. here at "30 rock" in new york city. former president, bill clinton is back out on the campaign trail and really emerging as one of the president obama's strongest advocates heading into the general election. appearing...
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john boehner and mitch mcconnell were still asleep and no woke them up. since then, they have made statements about what they see happening in this next year, indicating that maybe they also slept through the part of the night when the results of the election came in. mr. mcconnell put out a statement what's clear about this election is that the voters have not endorsed president obama's first term. the fact that the president won the election is not an endorsement of the president? filling in a little bubble next to the man's name on a piece of paper is technically how we endorse a person in america. mr. mcconnell does not see it that way. on the political wire the romney's campaign would have could have should have transition website today. surely, this was not supposed to go live until mr. romney actually won the election. the campaign did not wait. they presumably accidentally put it up, a transition website for president-elect romney, how to apply for a job with the new romney administration. looks like because they screen shot it before they finally
john boehner and mitch mcconnell were still asleep and no woke them up. since then, they have made statements about what they see happening in this next year, indicating that maybe they also slept through the part of the night when the results of the election came in. mr. mcconnell put out a statement what's clear about this election is that the voters have not endorsed president obama's first term. the fact that the president won the election is not an endorsement of the president? filling in...
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i want to say, tamron, that it was house speaker john boehner's birthday. president obama gave him a bottle of wine. >> kristen, you spoimed it. we were going to show that later. rats. really, kristen welker? >> caller: so, sorry. >> i have something else to ask you about. i'm just giving you grief. the civic meeting is taking place, the reverend al, the national action network, and he's meeting with civic leaders. is he prepares some on the letter r left for concessions or things they may not like that comes out of these negotiations? >> reporter: well, i think it's both. i think it's that he's trying to prepare some on the left for concessions. he's trying to build up really his strength to be able to put pressure on republicans to come to the table with him over taxes. president obama meeting with with union leaders early this week, also business leaders, so he's really trying to form a broad consensus, i think, to put pressure on republicans and democrats to get something done, to actually get something accomplished before that january 1st deadline. tam
i want to say, tamron, that it was house speaker john boehner's birthday. president obama gave him a bottle of wine. >> kristen, you spoimed it. we were going to show that later. rats. really, kristen welker? >> caller: so, sorry. >> i have something else to ask you about. i'm just giving you grief. the civic meeting is taking place, the reverend al, the national action network, and he's meeting with civic leaders. is he prepares some on the letter r left for concessions or...
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i don't show it quite as clearly as john boehner but i'm an emotional person. there is, i don't know, a societal norm that if you're running for office you can't be emotional and perhaps i bow to that too often. ♪ i yam what i yam and that's all what i yam ♪ >> but as mitt romney gives little detail about what he is and isn't, team obama is wasting no time telling the country exactly what they think he is. >> i can't speak to governor romney's motivations. what i can say is that he has signed up for positions, extreme positions, that are very consistent with the positions that a number of house republicans have taken, and whether he actually believes in those or not, i have no doubt that he would carry forward some of the things that he's talked about. >> right now, the race is deadlocked. a new "washington post"/abc poll shows among registered voters, governor romney and president obama are within the margin of error in a statistical tie. if romney wants to move the needle this week, he may have to give up the popeye defense and find the answer to a more p
i don't show it quite as clearly as john boehner but i'm an emotional person. there is, i don't know, a societal norm that if you're running for office you can't be emotional and perhaps i bow to that too often. ♪ i yam what i yam and that's all what i yam ♪ >> but as mitt romney gives little detail about what he is and isn't, team obama is wasting no time telling the country exactly what they think he is. >> i can't speak to governor romney's motivations. what i can say is that...
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. >>> a democratic website is calling out john boehner and his gop colleagues for overseas travel. the site says they should be working on a payroll tax cut deal. where in the world is john boehner.com shows pictures of boehner playing golf and eric cantor in a beret. they say it is house democrats who are disconnected from reality on the issue. >>> and chris christie has gone after the president hard on the campaign trail. but the associated press reports that in an interview with oprah, he was very complimentary. quote, i think he's very charismatic and i think he's genuine. i think what he says he believes, he believes. that's a very dangerous politician. >>> and thanks to an analysis from the washington post, through facebook, we have an idea of what people who support the gop candidates like. okay, so when it comes to books, mitt romney supporters like democracy denied. gingrich friends like a book about ronald reagan. but this is really interesting. jon huntsman supporters are reading ron paul's book. in music, rick perry fans like mc spirit. and rick santorum's people are li
. >>> a democratic website is calling out john boehner and his gop colleagues for overseas travel. the site says they should be working on a payroll tax cut deal. where in the world is john boehner.com shows pictures of boehner playing golf and eric cantor in a beret. they say it is house democrats who are disconnected from reality on the issue. >>> and chris christie has gone after the president hard on the campaign trail. but the associated press reports that in an interview...
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. >> well, i want to ask you -- >> is he going to call speaker are boehner and majority leader cantor and encourage republicans to ensure that the student ln rate doesn't go up? we haven't seen that type of leadership from him. >> gop lobbyists tells the ap that this kind of budget is not sustainable. what does this tell you about how serious he's going to be about cuts? what is the obama campaign going to do to make it that connection? to make people understand that if the republicans get the power and they're all about power, that this is what's coming. >> the fact is that romney's budget math never added up in the first place. he's got these $5 trillion tax cuts. i said he isn't going to increase the deficit, but he hasn't said how he's going to pay for them. he increases defense spending beyond what the department of defense has asked for. he said he will preserve medicare in this process. none of these things add up. the budget math doesn't add up. the truth is this hasn't gotten a lot of scrutiny. it looks like governor romney and the republicans got fawning coverage during the
. >> well, i want to ask you -- >> is he going to call speaker are boehner and majority leader cantor and encourage republicans to ensure that the student ln rate doesn't go up? we haven't seen that type of leadership from him. >> gop lobbyists tells the ap that this kind of budget is not sustainable. what does this tell you about how serious he's going to be about cuts? what is the obama campaign going to do to make it that connection? to make people understand that if the...
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>> this the challenge that boehner faces. that's why it's so interesting to hear him change his tone. i do think there was -- if you look at the election, you can see from the poll returns that the president has got some momentum. that at least the people agree with what he wants to do in terms of tax reform. he will likely, i'm sure, not only reach out across the aisle but reach out to americans. that's something he's always done, going across the country and jimmying up support for what he sees should happen in terms of these big ticket deals. i think both of these men, boehner, all these men, reid, who are in control are looking at their legacies. they want to get something done. they look at these polls which show that the american people do not hold congress in high regard. they would like to reverse that. they want to have something on their records that speaks to big things. this is a big country. we do big things. we are big ideas centered, and i think that's what they're going to have in mind when they go and look at
>> this the challenge that boehner faces. that's why it's so interesting to hear him change his tone. i do think there was -- if you look at the election, you can see from the poll returns that the president has got some momentum. that at least the people agree with what he wants to do in terms of tax reform. he will likely, i'm sure, not only reach out across the aisle but reach out to americans. that's something he's always done, going across the country and jimmying up support for what...
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john boehner liked it so much that he is ready to do it all over again. >>> plus, george w. bush finally comes out to support romney. but wait until you hear how he did it. >>> president obama swings by the view for a little pop culture quiz. >> what is the controversial sex book that is on millions of women's bedside tables. >> he doesn't know. >> i don't know that. >> good. >> okay, next. >> i'll ask michelle when i get home. >> you're watching politician nation on msnbc. [ female announcer ] want to spend less and retire with more? then don't get nickle and dimed by high cost investments and annoying account fees. at e-trade, our free easy-to-use online tools and experienced retirement specialists can help you build a personalized plan. and with our no annual fee iras and a wide range of low cost investments, you can execute the plan you want at a low cost. so meet with us, or go to etrade.com for a great retirement plan with low cost investments. ♪ for a great retirement plan with low cost investments. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we
john boehner liked it so much that he is ready to do it all over again. >>> plus, george w. bush finally comes out to support romney. but wait until you hear how he did it. >>> president obama swings by the view for a little pop culture quiz. >> what is the controversial sex book that is on millions of women's bedside tables. >> he doesn't know. >> i don't know that. >> good. >> okay, next. >> i'll ask michelle when i get home. >>...
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boehner used to lobby for the medical device industry. he's now boehner's policy chief. it's called reverse revolving door. yesterday the house voted to repeal the medical device tax that helps pay for the health care law. it won't get through the senate, thankfully. speaker boehner has no problem with the influence of lobbyists. back when he was the fourth ranking republican, he admitted handing out tobacco lobby checks to house members while they were debating tobacco subsidies. >> one asked me to give out half a dozen checks before we got to the end of month. i complied. i did it on the house floor that i should not have done. it's not a violation of the house rules. >>on a totally unrelated note, the triple crown is proving highly elusive from the other. i'll have another has withdrawn after a tendon injury. the racehorse won the kentucky derby and the preakness. >>> tonight, i asked you whose job remarks was worse? 94% say mitt romney 6% say president obama. >>> coming up, chris rock speaks out everything from mitt romn romney's religion. [ male announcer ] the insp
boehner used to lobby for the medical device industry. he's now boehner's policy chief. it's called reverse revolving door. yesterday the house voted to repeal the medical device tax that helps pay for the health care law. it won't get through the senate, thankfully. speaker boehner has no problem with the influence of lobbyists. back when he was the fourth ranking republican, he admitted handing out tobacco lobby checks to house members while they were debating tobacco subsidies. >> one...
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as for speaker boehner i know they would personally like to make this time of deal. assuming the grand bargain happens, you can't get it done in a lame duck session, at least you move forward there, grand bargain, is this something that safbs the u.s. from this debt we've inflicted on ourselves for so long, where people stand up and notice it or would there still be the naysayers out there that say it still is not enough. what do you think? >> i think a true grand bargain would be a really great confidence signal to markets. now i don't think it's the solution for our short term growth problems because right now borrowing is cheap and we don't have a debt problem dragging on our economy right now but if we're looking at freeing up investment, freeing up hiring over the medium and long terms, absolutely the markets would love that. >> i think, also, the biggest negative domestically generated is the perpetual fights of brinksmanship, government shutdown, debt ceiling. a grand bargain that if it did nothing else put off those types of fights for the foreseeable future
as for speaker boehner i know they would personally like to make this time of deal. assuming the grand bargain happens, you can't get it done in a lame duck session, at least you move forward there, grand bargain, is this something that safbs the u.s. from this debt we've inflicted on ourselves for so long, where people stand up and notice it or would there still be the naysayers out there that say it still is not enough. what do you think? >> i think a true grand bargain would be a...
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john boehner not taking it up, as dick durbin said. if you want tax certainty, you can pass that bill tomorrow and we will have it. >> again, lawrence, the interesting thing here is that democrats are now beginning to understand that framing this issue so the public understand it is 90% of winning the game. and the issue is not, do you extend the tax cuts for everybody or for some people. that's the way the republicans like to frame it. the real issue is do you extend the bush tax cuts for everyone up until the first $250,000 of their incomes? or do you extend the tax cuts for earnings above $250,000. in other words, what the democrats are proposing and the president is proposing is everybody, rich, middle class, everybody gets a tax cut, an extension of the bush tax cut, up until $250,000. >> up to $250,001, it will be the clinton tax rates. it's not that big a deal. why aren't republicans putting up a fuss? >> robert reich, we're one day closer to going off the cliff. thank you very much for joining me tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. w
john boehner not taking it up, as dick durbin said. if you want tax certainty, you can pass that bill tomorrow and we will have it. >> again, lawrence, the interesting thing here is that democrats are now beginning to understand that framing this issue so the public understand it is 90% of winning the game. and the issue is not, do you extend the tax cuts for everybody or for some people. that's the way the republicans like to frame it. the real issue is do you extend the bush tax cuts...
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today she walked up and hand delivered her resignation to speaker boehner. and all the partisan spears were put aside. however, as soon as that was done, virginia fox, republican of north carolina took to the floor to say the president was wrong about the keystone pipeline. they are back to where they always are debating the issues of the day. to their credit, both parties went out of their way to honest giffords throughout the year and shun references. the references have dissipated after that incident. >> it was a good reminder that everyone can get along and that national unity is possible, it's unfortunate that those circumstance s engender that response. let's talk about the spear throwing a little, shall we. obama was talking about the where had of fairness. does this message sell with the american public? >> i think the president gave, from a rhetorical perspective, it was well delivered. i'll give credit to the people that put it together. i'm sure it did well with tests with the american people. but the reality is the underlying premise is cracked i
today she walked up and hand delivered her resignation to speaker boehner. and all the partisan spears were put aside. however, as soon as that was done, virginia fox, republican of north carolina took to the floor to say the president was wrong about the keystone pipeline. they are back to where they always are debating the issues of the day. to their credit, both parties went out of their way to honest giffords throughout the year and shun references. the references have dissipated after that...
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apparently it's not just boehner being bad at his job in this hypothesis. politico.com reporting that the longtime spokesman for number two house republican, eric cantor, not only quit on friday but he quit after almost getting into a fistfight with another cantor staffer. it was apparently about a piece of legislation cantor's office was due to roll out last week. they thought they had a bunch of supporters lined up to say nice things about it, but that fell through. and then the two staffers had what politico described as an aggressive confrontation that, quote, almost turned into a physical altercation. cantor's high-profile spokesman then quit and now it's all over politico. so this week on capitol hill we'll get that bill from the republicans that caused the near fistfights. the transportation bill has been delayed for weeks because he can't get his own side to vote for his own bill. politico describes it only the recent closed-door clash. in other words, republicans running the house of representatives has been kind of a disaster. a disaster that no a
apparently it's not just boehner being bad at his job in this hypothesis. politico.com reporting that the longtime spokesman for number two house republican, eric cantor, not only quit on friday but he quit after almost getting into a fistfight with another cantor staffer. it was apparently about a piece of legislation cantor's office was due to roll out last week. they thought they had a bunch of supporters lined up to say nice things about it, but that fell through. and then the two staffers...
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romney issued a statement saying this is a weak and very troubling jobs report, house speaker john boehner's statement said family and small businesses are struggling to get by because of president obama's failed economic policies. john heilemann, do we make too much of these numbers? in other words, is there something visceral, a feeling out there amongst the electorate that is more important than whether it's 8.2 as an unemployment rate or 7.4%? >> michael, i think the most important thing is the economy and the most important reflection of the economy is the picture on job growth. and the most important thing about both of those things is the trend. if the economy's improving, even just a little bit, people get a sense from the numbers that we're making progress. that's good for president obama, bad for mitt romney. if we're backing up, if the gains of the last couple few months are suddenly heading in the opposite direction, as the numbers today suggested which is to say much below expectations, half of what people had expected and there's a lot of private sector forecasters that think t
romney issued a statement saying this is a weak and very troubling jobs report, house speaker john boehner's statement said family and small businesses are struggling to get by because of president obama's failed economic policies. john heilemann, do we make too much of these numbers? in other words, is there something visceral, a feeling out there amongst the electorate that is more important than whether it's 8.2 as an unemployment rate or 7.4%? >> michael, i think the most important...
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but what i'm saying is, i think that john boehner can't do anything. john boehner looks very often like he's in a hostage video because these folks are holding him in a way that he doesn't even feel like he really looks like he believes some of the things that he's saying. i think eric cantor and some of these rebel upstarts are the ones who are really in control of this horse, and john boehner is just being drug along. >> and ana, you see the absurdity of, you know, him trying to say to leslie stahl, you know, anything but the word "compromise." he's trying to get through the sentence without using the word "compromise," to the point where it's just obviously funny to leslie, that he was trying to do this, that there would be some price to pay within his caucus if he simply says the word "compromise" to her. >> i think jamal is totally right about the hostage video analogy. maybe he's trying to send us messages through different shades of tan, i mean, i don't know. it would explain something about that varying color of orange he has. but it is getting
but what i'm saying is, i think that john boehner can't do anything. john boehner looks very often like he's in a hostage video because these folks are holding him in a way that he doesn't even feel like he really looks like he believes some of the things that he's saying. i think eric cantor and some of these rebel upstarts are the ones who are really in control of this horse, and john boehner is just being drug along. >> and ana, you see the absurdity of, you know, him trying to say to...
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in john boehner's state. it will save 40,000 jobs in eric cantor's state. so, here you have those two leaders there, i would hope that they would not want to see more layoffs in these recessionary times we're finally getting out of slowly and painfully and should take up our bill and pass it. >> your bill, let's talk about the specifics for a moment. it's 108 billion over two years. >> 109 billion. >> that is two thirds the size of the infrastructure request in the president's budget. in a country where the estimated infrastructure gap is in the trillions, does it do enough, are we getting far enough in solving our problem? >> let me tell you that i would much prefer to see a larger bill, but i'm also a pragmatist. i have to find the sweet spot. we can't pass a democrat only bill it won't happen in the senate. we must reach across the aisle and we did it and what we did is we kept the current level of spending, alleged inflation, but here is the great news, we also took a program called transportation infrastructure financing, and greatly increased that and
in john boehner's state. it will save 40,000 jobs in eric cantor's state. so, here you have those two leaders there, i would hope that they would not want to see more layoffs in these recessionary times we're finally getting out of slowly and painfully and should take up our bill and pass it. >> your bill, let's talk about the specifics for a moment. it's 108 billion over two years. >> 109 billion. >> that is two thirds the size of the infrastructure request in the president's...
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john boehner had has to tread a very careful line. the rhetoric around this event is very much an effort to show, hey guys, i'm still with you. and he's speaking to the most radical elements of the house caucus. >> barbara boxer, i think framed this in an interesting way on the daily rundown this morning with chuck todd. let's listen to that. >> they're setting up a big fight, mcconnell and boehner over the future debt ceiling, making it a crisis, when it isn't a crisis. they want to create a crisis so people say oh my goodness. maybe if we change everything, things will be better. maybe we need a different president. richard wolffe, that's the best theory i've heard so far about why they might want to create the sensation of a crisis. >> yeah, it ties in with what karl rove is spending $25 million on right now, which is to say, you know, this president promised us a lot. he promised he could make the country work and make washington work, and we've worked really hard to make sure that doesn't happen. so it's his failure, right? you k
john boehner had has to tread a very careful line. the rhetoric around this event is very much an effort to show, hey guys, i'm still with you. and he's speaking to the most radical elements of the house caucus. >> barbara boxer, i think framed this in an interesting way on the daily rundown this morning with chuck todd. let's listen to that. >> they're setting up a big fight, mcconnell and boehner over the future debt ceiling, making it a crisis, when it isn't a crisis. they want...
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boehner and mr. cantor have been wart with each other. i guess that does really explain why nothing gets done. >> i heard some years ago a great philosopher, rodney out of california saying can we bull get along. i just simply want to get to work. i can give you a whole litany of why pots on both of their houses. i don't want to engage in relationships between members. i hope they get along and become friends. this may be a question about divided government. the 111th congress was one of the most productive congresss we had. we talked about issues whether than we were friends. we have the difficulty of passing of the payroll tax for working americans. working american who is are unemployed or engineers or doctors, lawyers, teachers, firefighters the, i think are well qualified to work. then we add insult to injury, i'm rushing to the floor to discuss budget amendments that are not a budget, about shortchanging so we can do taxes and not do revenue. isn't that a dream? i believe that divide government is now being put to the challenge. i b
boehner and mr. cantor have been wart with each other. i guess that does really explain why nothing gets done. >> i heard some years ago a great philosopher, rodney out of california saying can we bull get along. i just simply want to get to work. i can give you a whole litany of why pots on both of their houses. i don't want to engage in relationships between members. i hope they get along and become friends. this may be a question about divided government. the 111th congress was one of...
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. >> harsh words from speaker john boehner this morning, foisting blame squarely on the president for failure to reach a grand bargain while also explaining why nothing will get done in washington this year. patricia, are you a capitol hill deny i zen. we know that there's not a lot of expectation that any kind of legislation reform is going to happen in congress but there are very big ticket items on the docket that need to be dealt with before the ends of the year. super committee triggers going into effect, bush eras tax cuts expiring, payroll tax cuts expiring. what's amazing to me is we call that the time in which those things will be tackled the lame duck session of congress. i don't know what this is if that's the lame duck session. >> this is the angry duck session. >> this is the 112th cook res. you do absolutely nothing. i agree with john boehner but it's not just the democrats who have been shameful, it is the republicans as well. . it takes both sidesed to really screw things up this bad. if you look at the list, there's so much more than that list, unemployment insurance
. >> harsh words from speaker john boehner this morning, foisting blame squarely on the president for failure to reach a grand bargain while also explaining why nothing will get done in washington this year. patricia, are you a capitol hill deny i zen. we know that there's not a lot of expectation that any kind of legislation reform is going to happen in congress but there are very big ticket items on the docket that need to be dealt with before the ends of the year. super committee...
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he had a deal with boehner and boehner couldn't deliver. >> we're past that because the president -- the president decided, since september, he's going to get re-elected. and he's going to do it by creating jobs. the american jobs program, lower taxes, payroll taxes, people hire people. your people opposed that. they're still arguing about it as we go into this spring. won't give them a year-long extension. why are you against it? >> actually house republicans offered a full-year extension. actually going to pass a full-year extension. they're going to pass it in the house and see what the senate does with it. the senate can kind of screw it up. >> what are you cutting? >> they just offered that today. >> it's a clean full-year extension. no cuts, nothing else on the bill? >> that's what they offered. >> breaking news here. >> earlier today, the president explain idea the bush tax cuts should be allowed to expire for the wealthiest americans. let's watch. >> right now, we're scheduled to spend nearly $1 trillion more on what was intended to be a temporary tax cut for the wealthiest 2
he had a deal with boehner and boehner couldn't deliver. >> we're past that because the president -- the president decided, since september, he's going to get re-elected. and he's going to do it by creating jobs. the american jobs program, lower taxes, payroll taxes, people hire people. your people opposed that. they're still arguing about it as we go into this spring. won't give them a year-long extension. why are you against it? >> actually house republicans offered a full-year...
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john boehner is bad at his job high poth he sis on this show. apparently not just john boehner being bad at his job in this high poth he sis. eric cantor not only quit on friday but quit after getting in a fist fight with another staffer. it was apparently about a piece of legislation mr. cantor's office was due to roll out last week. they thought they had supporters to say nice things about it but that fell through and the two staffers had what politico described as an aggressive c confrontati confrontation, mr. cantor's spokesman quit, we will get that bill from the republicans that caused the near fist fights and quitting. also supposed to get john boehner's transportation bill by now, delayed for weeks because he can't get his side to vote for his own bill. the whole situation politico describes as "only the most recent closed door clash among house republican leadership" republicans running the house has been a disaster. a disaster no amount of will power can keep us from gauking at. we will be right back. wake up! that's good morning, vegg
john boehner is bad at his job high poth he sis on this show. apparently not just john boehner being bad at his job in this high poth he sis. eric cantor not only quit on friday but quit after getting in a fist fight with another staffer. it was apparently about a piece of legislation mr. cantor's office was due to roll out last week. they thought they had supporters to say nice things about it but that fell through and the two staffers had what politico described as an aggressive c confrontati...
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house speaker john boehner said he's not satisfied with the president's actions so far. in a statement he put out today, quote, the catholic church and others in our nation's religious community are not yet convinced the president's mandate doesn't constitute an attack on religious freedom. the house of representatives will continue to work toward a legislative solution. so i don't know what to make of that. this is all a combination of church belief, religious belief, background, ideology, and good old-fashioned politics. maybe they don't want to walk it back, their objections, so quickly. they want to give the president still a bit more heat, at least for the weekend. >> i think it's more ideology and politics than anything else. let's remember, john boehner is against the entire affordable care act which provides the larger context for this debate. so he doesn't want women to be able to get contraceptives without co-pay or any of the preventive care that people will get without co-pays through the affordable care act. but you know, i think that's a dangerous position
house speaker john boehner said he's not satisfied with the president's actions so far. in a statement he put out today, quote, the catholic church and others in our nation's religious community are not yet convinced the president's mandate doesn't constitute an attack on religious freedom. the house of representatives will continue to work toward a legislative solution. so i don't know what to make of that. this is all a combination of church belief, religious belief, background, ideology, and...
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here's speaker boehner on the chances of cutting a deal. here it is. >> if you've looked closely at what the president had to say and look closely at what i have had to say, you know, there are no barriers here to sitting down and beginning to work through this process. >> ruth conniff, i really don't know what that means. do you? >> it makes me nervous because i don't really want to see us moving that close to boehner. and, you know, it's interesting. i talked to economist dean baker, he's the economist in america who showed that the housing bubble was a threat back in 2002. before it actually popped in 2005. he has a lot of credibility. he said the best deal might be no deal. if obama can go into these negotiations and say this fiscal cliff is not going to impact people on january 2nd, it's recessionary, but he could get the two main things he campaigned on, even if there's no deal, which is an instant hike on the very rich and no touching of social security, medicare and medicaid. then the republicans just as e.j. points out would have t
here's speaker boehner on the chances of cutting a deal. here it is. >> if you've looked closely at what the president had to say and look closely at what i have had to say, you know, there are no barriers here to sitting down and beginning to work through this process. >> ruth conniff, i really don't know what that means. do you? >> it makes me nervous because i don't really want to see us moving that close to boehner. and, you know, it's interesting. i talked to economist...
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i agree with john boehner. i hate that the uniforms are made in china, which puts me for maybe the first time ever in the same idealogical camp as fox and friends. today, i am one of those friends. >> take a look at a new ralph lauren ad out this morning which shows some of our olympic athletes in the olympic uniforms held in the uk. it has nothing to do with france. these americans dressed in these outfits with berets on. >> is this a new american trend now, berets? and you have to pronounce it that way, too. by the way, those jackets are very pricey, too. so i'm not sure people are going to be snapping those up. >> for women, the blazer is $600. for men, it $800. and all of those clothes with made in china. >> i'm like, yeah, right, made in china. i'm with you guys. those three words following the phrase american uniforms created a soft pile of blankets which i want to snuggle up with fox and friends. thanks for being with us. >>> bain battle. mitt romney goes on the defense about his discrepancy while at bai
i agree with john boehner. i hate that the uniforms are made in china, which puts me for maybe the first time ever in the same idealogical camp as fox and friends. today, i am one of those friends. >> take a look at a new ralph lauren ad out this morning which shows some of our olympic athletes in the olympic uniforms held in the uk. it has nothing to do with france. these americans dressed in these outfits with berets on. >> is this a new american trend now, berets? and you have to...
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>> i don't know that's related at all. >> boehner didn't rule out the possibility, though. if she doesn't back down, will he have any choice? >> i don't know if he has a choice or not, but actually i'll go one step further. this is not the first time congresswoman bachmann has said these types of things -- >> about huma abedin? >> about huma abedin. when you get into politics and you're a politician, you expect the rough and tumble nature of it, but like i said, this young lady who's a public servant, for her to have crossed this line, congresswoman bachmann has to consider resigning. that's how serious a statement she's made. to attack someone's patriotism and the notion that they love this country, i mean, it just crosses a line that cannot be crossed in politics. >> right, well, the focus has been on bachmann, what about the other four house members, what is their standing? >> my guess is they are going to run for the hills now and let congresswoman bachmann take the punches, but they are all guilty of this. i give senator mccain credit for speaking out, but i haven't se
>> i don't know that's related at all. >> boehner didn't rule out the possibility, though. if she doesn't back down, will he have any choice? >> i don't know if he has a choice or not, but actually i'll go one step further. this is not the first time congresswoman bachmann has said these types of things -- >> about huma abedin? >> about huma abedin. when you get into politics and you're a politician, you expect the rough and tumble nature of it, but like i said,...
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plus, now that mitt romney is the presumptive gop nominee, why is house speaker john boehner saying this about his recent attacks. >> there is no coordination of the recent attacks. it is almost like you're doing -- >> i'm doing my own. >> plus, why a judge is reconsidering george zimmerman's bond. the latest in this case. what's with you? trouble with a car insurance claim. [ dennis ] switch to allstate. their claim service is so good, now it's guaranteed. [ foreman ] so i can trust 'em. unlike randy. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. the chevy cruze eco also offers 42 mpg on the highway. actually, it's cruze e-co, not ec-o. just like e-ither. or ei-ther. or e-conomical. [ chuckling ] or ec-onomical. pa-tato, po-tato, huh? actually, it's to-mato, ta-mato. oh, that's right. [ laughs ] [ car door shuts ] [ male announcer ] visit your local chevy dealer today. now very well qualified lessees can get a 2012 chevy cruze ls for around $159 per month. e.p.a. estimated 36 miles per gallon highway. constipated? phillips' caplets use magnesium, an ingredient that works more na
plus, now that mitt romney is the presumptive gop nominee, why is house speaker john boehner saying this about his recent attacks. >> there is no coordination of the recent attacks. it is almost like you're doing -- >> i'm doing my own. >> plus, why a judge is reconsidering george zimmerman's bond. the latest in this case. what's with you? trouble with a car insurance claim. [ dennis ] switch to allstate. their claim service is so good, now it's guaranteed. [ foreman ] so i...
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i think you will see more of an on message john boehner. he said he had not been talking to romney and his campaign, but at some point they will need a more consistent and consolidated message to appear to be a united front. >> governor, when you look at the ryan plan that has been endorsed by mr. romney, it not only slashes programs for the poor, but it actually raises taxes on poor people. and it gives a huge tax break to the rich. looking at that plan, those making less than $10,000, $112 a year. those making more than a million you see a $265,000 tax break. we're talking about policy, if it became what we do, that it would dramatically impact the people he is now trying to say he is concerned about. >> reverend al, there is an inconsistency with what he is saying and what he is proposing. the ryan budget would cut pell grants. president obama has doubled investments in pell grants. the brian budget would cut medicare severely. president obama is committed to this social safety net. it helps our senior citizens in need of nursing home ca
i think you will see more of an on message john boehner. he said he had not been talking to romney and his campaign, but at some point they will need a more consistent and consolidated message to appear to be a united front. >> governor, when you look at the ryan plan that has been endorsed by mr. romney, it not only slashes programs for the poor, but it actually raises taxes on poor people. and it gives a huge tax break to the rich. looking at that plan, those making less than $10,000,...
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could you just feel is brewing inside john boehner. mitt romney ill list its a collective, from the public. >> the worst thing they said about fritz mondale, running against ron's father was he was palenta. for not the most exactly vegetable on the plate. >>he's got a republican gap. a gender gap. a latino gap. he's got an african-american gap. >> play with white guys. >> what's left, really? >> white guys. >> white guys over 65. >> human tapioca, chris. >> i love tapioca, don't say that. >> i know you're somewhere in the middle. >> i will ask you first. if you have what you have and you can't fake it, how do you sell being a 1 percenter? >> well this is the only thing i think he can do. if 63% of the people support him support him only if they don't like barack obama, all he can do is play on anti-incumbent ma lays. and really give people more reasons not to vote for barack obama. because there are not enough reasons to vote for mitt romney. that's all has left. >> even i am better than this guy. >> that's all he has left. >> that's r
could you just feel is brewing inside john boehner. mitt romney ill list its a collective, from the public. >> the worst thing they said about fritz mondale, running against ron's father was he was palenta. for not the most exactly vegetable on the plate. >>he's got a republican gap. a gender gap. a latino gap. he's got an african-american gap. >> play with white guys. >> what's left, really? >> white guys. >> white guys over 65. >> human tapioca,...
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the president put out and worked with john boehner to come up with this grand bargain, a lot of specifics on the table as to what they would do. when you look at mitt romney's plan, you are talking about giving the insurance companies back subsidies and give-mes. you are talking about increasing defense spending and zeroing out certain taxes. you have put us more than $4 tr trillion in the whole. >> you threw in some of the ryan stuff, right? >> isn't he running on ryan's beliefs. >> ryan's policy on federal spending is equally fuzzy. he has promised not to cut defense spending, more spending on medicare and social security. how can you make those numbers work? according to ezra klein, he says, if romney is elected, every single federal program that is not medicare, social security or defense will be cut. that means, medicaid, infrastructure, education, food, safety, road safety, the postal service, the patent, the trademark office, the fda. that has to be cut by 40 mi%. a lot of people say there is nothing in the federal government for me. i don't care how much they cut it. >> that's not
the president put out and worked with john boehner to come up with this grand bargain, a lot of specifics on the table as to what they would do. when you look at mitt romney's plan, you are talking about giving the insurance companies back subsidies and give-mes. you are talking about increasing defense spending and zeroing out certain taxes. you have put us more than $4 tr trillion in the whole. >> you threw in some of the ryan stuff, right? >> isn't he running on ryan's beliefs....
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transform your investing with the all-new e-trade 360 investing dashboard. >> john boehner has a new message for the president. on tuesday boehner seemed to support president obama and take a smack at mitt romney saying it's inappropriate to criticize the president when he is overseas. a day later he wrote the white house a letter saying he is alarmed to learn of the message you sent to incoming president vladamir putin. s.e., on this channel at least or on this show, we thought that john boehner's comments in support of the president were very statesman like. >> john mccain did not agree. >> true. you have to wonder how much of this is john boehner legitimately taking up issue with the president, how much is behind the scenes nudging if not ankle kicking from the rest of the party about saying something positive about the president. >> well, if this were behind the scenes you would have to imagine he has two camps fighting with each other behind the scenes to say something nice, then forcing him to come out and sort of -- slap him in the face. this is what you're suggesting, that bo
transform your investing with the all-new e-trade 360 investing dashboard. >> john boehner has a new message for the president. on tuesday boehner seemed to support president obama and take a smack at mitt romney saying it's inappropriate to criticize the president when he is overseas. a day later he wrote the white house a letter saying he is alarmed to learn of the message you sent to incoming president vladamir putin. s.e., on this channel at least or on this show, we thought that john...
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he wasn't even honorable to john boehner. hn boehner and the president were about to have the great compromise in order to pay down the debt, and yes, i think our debt is extraordinarily high. we need to pay it down, but what did he do? he went behind john boehner's back and the president, who had the grand agreement and he undercut his own party member. how is that helping america? he's more connected to sheldon adelson and this money from the young guns pac than i believe he lets on. there's smoke there and they need to look into it. >> that's "the ed show." "rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. good evening, ed. thank you, and thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. happy birthday to vin diesel. vin diesel turned 45 years old today. and on the occasion of the birthday of the movie star who oddly looks like newark mayor cory booker a lot, vin diesel's wildly successful car related fast paced exploding movie "fast and furious" is back in the news. at least it's back in the news pap
he wasn't even honorable to john boehner. hn boehner and the president were about to have the great compromise in order to pay down the debt, and yes, i think our debt is extraordinarily high. we need to pay it down, but what did he do? he went behind john boehner's back and the president, who had the grand agreement and he undercut his own party member. how is that helping america? he's more connected to sheldon adelson and this money from the young guns pac than i believe he lets on. there's...
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nice try speaker boehner. you tried to pull a fast one. but we got you. ! hey, did you know that honey nut cheerios is... oh you too! ooh, hey america's favorite cereal is... honey nut cheerios ok then off to iceland! sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! woo-hoo!!! so that's ten security gators, right? put them on my spark card! why settle for less? testing hot tar... great businesses deserve the most rewards! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day! what's in your wallet? here's your invoice. what's in your wallet? recently, students from 31 countries took part in a science test. the top academic performers surprised some people. so did the country that came in 17th place. let's raise the bar and elevate our academic standards. let's do what's best for our students-by investing in our teac
nice try speaker boehner. you tried to pull a fast one. but we got you. ! hey, did you know that honey nut cheerios is... oh you too! ooh, hey america's favorite cereal is... honey nut cheerios ok then off to iceland! sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! woo-hoo!!! so that's ten security gators, right? put them on my spark card! why...